Razorlight’s Andy Burrows announces new solo album ‘Map Of The World’ with exuberant new single ‘Nothing

Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows has announced his new solo album ‘Map Of The World’ and shared its first single, ‘Nothing Matters Anyway’.

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O disco está previsto para lançamento em 29 de janeiro de 2027, pela própria Free Pass Records de Burrows, e marca seu primeiro álbum solo em sete anos. Faça o pré-pedido da sua cópia aqui.

Escrito inteiramente por Burrows e gravado predominantemente em seu estúdio doméstico em Gloucestershire, ‘Map Of The World’ também contará com contribuições do vocalista principal dos Editors, Tom Smith, do Manic Street Preachers, Nicky Wire, do We Are Scientists, Keith Murray, do irmão mais novo de Burrows, Ben, e de sua filha Joni.

The first preview comes in the form of ‘Nothing Matters Anyway’, a short, bombastic track featuring Murray on guitar and built around driving ’70s-inspired instrumentation and layered vocal harmonies.

Explaining the motivation for the song, Burrows has said: “It’s supposed to be freeing, not negative. We spend so much time caring about what people think, especially with phones and social media.

And then you realise: no one gives a shit!”.

The album title comes from a lyric included in a collection of words given to him by Wire, written out in gold lettering. The Manics bassist also contributes to the finished record.

It will include ‘Seriously’, which will reunite Burrows with Editors singer Smith, with whom he has released two albums under the Smith & Burrows name. The pair first collaborated on 2011’s festive album ‘Funny Looking Angels’, before returning a decade later with ‘Only Smith & Burrows Is Good Enough’.

Speaking to NME ahead of that record, Burrows said working with Haig had allowed him to make music about mental health while retaining “hope and optimism”.

Burrows também tem continuado a trabalhar extensivamente fora de sua carreira solo, tendo composto músicas para inúmeros projetos de cinema e televisão.

He co-wrote the score for The Snowman And The Snowdog with Ilan Eshkeri, while his long-running collaboration with Ricky Gervais has included music for David Brent: Life On The Road, After Life and, most recently, the Netflix series Alley Cats.

Meanwhile, Burrows remains a member of Razorlight after the band’s classic line-up reunited in 2021. They released ‘Planet Nowhere’ in 2024, their first album featuring Burrows, Johnny Borrell, Björn Ågren and Carl Dalemo together since 2008’s ‘Slipway Fires’.

No início deste ano, Razorlight também anunciou uma turnê para celebrar o 20º aniversário do seu segundo álbum, “Razorlight”.

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